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Standing men only name worker (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stagnant

'standing' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'men only name worker' is the wordplay.
'men only' becomes 'stag' (as in a stag do).
'name' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation e.g. on forms).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'stag'+'n'+'ant'='STAGNANT'

(Other definitions for stagnant that I've seen before include "Stale - motionless" , "Showing little activity" , "making no progress" , "Unhealthy from lack of movement" , "unmoved" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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